Berdichevsky: Increasing battery cell energy density is key to affordable EVs
Gene Berdachevsky · Supercharging Lithium-Ion Batteries with Gene Berdichevsky of Sila Nanotechnologies · Mar 7, 2024 · at 9:23
Gene Berdachevsky, co-founder and CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies and former Tesla engineer, explains why maximizing battery energy density drives down overall EV manufacturing costs.
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“And it turns out the more energy each battery cell can store, the cheaper the battery pack can be. And the way to think about the reason for that is if every battery cell you have stores twice as much energy, then you need half as many cells. And if you need half as many cells, you need less manufacturing equipment, less packaging, less labor, all of those things. So the best way to make EVs affordable long run is to make the highest performing batteries.”
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